Benin Bronzes
Benin Bronzes | British Museum
What are they? The 'Benin Bronzes' (made of brass and bronze) are a group of sculptures which include elaborately decorated cast relief plaques, commemorative ...
Benin Bronzes ... The Benin Bronzes are a group of several thousand metal plaques and sculptures that decorated the royal palace of the Kingdom of Benin, in what ...
From West Africa to the World: The Significance of the Benin Bronzes
The Benin Bronzes are an important historical record of the Kingdom of Benin, which was a major city state in West Africa from the medieval ...
The Benin Bronzes, Explained: Why a Group of Plundered Artworks ...
These objects—including figurines, tusks, sculptures of Benin's rulers, and an ivory mask—were looted by British troops, and have since been ...
The story of Nigeria's stolen Benin Bronzes, and the London ...
London's Horniman Museum has announced it'll hand over ownership of its 72 bronzes to Nigeria, home to Benin City, which the British looted in 1897.
Who Owns the Benin Bronzes? The Answer Just Got More ...
Nigeria's outgoing president has now bestowed ownership on a descendant of the ruler of the ancient kingdom of Benin.
The Benin “Bronzes”: a story of violence, theft, and artistry
The British believed that they were cleansing the city and breaking the power associated with “fetishes” or “juju” through these acts of demolition and ...
Recovering the Brilliance of a Benin Bronze
In 1897, English soldiers seized the Horn Player and other cast brass sculptures from the royal court of Benin City in the Punitive Expedition.
Benin Bronzes | Smithsonian Institution
Benin bronzes has become the catch-all term for works that are actually made of cast-copper alloy and ivory. A legal agreement transferred ...
Repatriation of the Benin Bronzes: an Ethical and Legal Discussion?
The following will focus primarily on the issue of the Benin Bronzes in the British Museum through an international and domestic legal scope.
This Art Was Looted 123 Years Ago. Will It Ever Be Returned?
They're also not made from bronze. The various artifacts we call the Benin Bronzes include carved elephant tusks and ivory leopard statues, even ...
Return of Benin Bronzes from the Ethnologisches Museum
The agreement covers 512 objects that came to Berlin in the aftermath of the so-called British Punitive Expedition and looting of Benin in 1897. They will now ...
Nigeria Debates the Fate of Returning Benin Bronzes
Nigeria debates the fate of returning Benin bronzes. Questions as to where the artifacts should be kept and how they should be used are becoming more pressing.
US Supreme Court declines to hear case challenging Smithsonian's ...
The so-called Benin Bronzes are emblematic of the movement pressuring Western museums to return heritage looted from Africa in the colonial era.
Casting in bronze ... The plaques were all made using the lost wax method, where an artist creates a form in wax, covers it in layers of clay, and bakes the mold ...
Returning the Benin Bronzes - YouTube
In 1897, during the violent sacking of Benin City by British armed forces, thousands of artefacts were removed and subsequently sold in ...
„Benin Bronzes“ | Humboldt Forum
„Benin Bronzes“ ... Outstanding art from Benin will be showcased in two rooms of the Humboldt Forum. Together with Nigerian partners, the Ethnologische Museum has ...
Benin Bronzes | Pitt Rivers Museum - University of Oxford
These objects were made between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries and are part of an artistic culture stretching back hundreds of years.
US Supreme Court Denies Petition to Block Bronzes Being Restituted
The US Supreme Court has denied a petition to block the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC from restituting 29 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria.
Cambridge University to return bronzes to Nigeria. The Benin Bronzes were taken by British forces during the sacking of Benin City in 1897.